The Media is Out of Control

Quick reminder for the media: Carie Underwood broke it off with Tony Romo because football, yes football, was all he cared about. Underwood said he spent too much time worrying about football and simply didn't have time for her.

This may be a little late in posting, but after seeing the hundredth wise crack from a reporter about the pit bulled face Jessica Simpson distracting Tony Romo by being at the game Sunday, I just couldn't take it any more.

Let me set the record straight! From the time the ball was kicked off to start Sunday's game until the final whistle, there was not one time during the game that Tony Romo gave a thought to Jessica Simpson being in the stands. Sorry, luxury suite.

If this was the case, then how do any of the players make it through a game with their wives, girlfriends, family and friends in the stands? Again, take a look at the photo above. He was too addicted to football is what the girl in the upper right said. You know, the one with a career of her own. The biggest country music singer going right now. The one that every American Idol fan worships. The pit bull on the left and the one that was such a distraction from about a half mile away Sunday, is considered to be about the dumbest female alive in the court of public opinion. Sure, she might be a nice late night distraction for Tony, but that's where the distractions stop.

So how does it make sense that Jessica Simpson was a distraction to Tony Romo against the Eagles on Sunday? It doesn't! The guy is as focused on football as Payton Manning, Tom Brady and every other quarterback in the league. Amazing how Brady can fly across the country, during a week leading up to a game, to be there for the birth of his child to an ex-Hollywood actress girlfriend and it doesn't garnish much media attention at all.

And I hate the Cowboys. But, I hate the media more. It's boring. Report that Romo is actually the father of Jamie Lynn Spears' baby...then I'd call that news.

Cavs in Tough Position - Sign Varejao

With the Charlotte Bobcats and Anderson Varejao coming to terms on a 3-year deal that is reportedly in the $17MM range, I am going against my previous posts and saying it is now time for the Cavs to sign Varejao.

After watching the Cavs play the Nets tonight, it is very apparent that this team needs all the help they can get at this point. I understand that Lebron was on the bench hurt, but Vince Carter was on the bench for most of the game as well. What was the difference in the Nets embarrassing the Cavs on their home court tonight? They had Jason Kidd & Richard Jefferson to fall back on. The Cavs have no one to fall back to after Lebron, so it is going to take a collaborative effort of a group as a whole to back up Lebron this season.

Separate from the fact that they need all the help they can get, it's actually not the worst deal ever for the Cavs. As Chad Ford of ESPN puts it, if the Cavs were willing to offer Varejao 5-years at $32MM, why wouldn't they match an offer of 3-years at $17MM. That actually probably is the going rate for a 7 point - 7 rebound guy anyway. Let's hope though, that Varejao can be a 10 and 10 player for this much money.

The Cavs have one week now to match the offer and it looks like it might happen regardless of the ill will between the Cavs front office and Varejao. The Cavs are riddled with horrible contracts that don't expire for another 2-3 years anyway, making it virtually impossible to sign major free agents and impossible to trade away a lot of these average players with star-money contracts. Varejao would have an opt-out-option, which he would probably exercise, after 2 years. This means this deal would expire right about the same time they can unload some of the other dead weight they are carrying.

Coincidentally, that will be at the same time as when the Cavs will be offering Lebron James more money than Bill Gates takes home in a year. Over the next two years, this team needs to do anything possible to please one person - Lebron. Matching the Bobcats offer for Varejao may not mean 20 points or 10 rebounds a game, but strategically it shows Lebron that the team is making every effort in their current situation to improve and win a championship now, not later.

The Cavs have looked so bad lately, that it was even nice seeing Eric Snow on the court tonight. This is no different than last year's frustrations, so let's shoot for a middle seed in the playoffs and hand Lebron the ball on every play come playoff time. With Varejao flopping all over the place in the playoffs and Lebron averaging a triple-double, this team can still make a run at a title.

BCS Blows Chance to Shine

For the first time since the creation of the BCS, the BCS Selection Show had it's time to shine and blew it in a quick, uneventful half-hour show full of commercials and zero commentary.

Unlike past years; fans, the media, football insiders and more, truly had no idea how the BCS game schedule was going to look heading into the BCS show Sunday. Sure we had an idea of what two teams would land in the big game based on rankings released earlier in the day, but the complete 5 game line-up was definitely up in the air.

Knowing they would have their biggest audience ever for the show, Fox completely dropped the ball. It was very frustrating to watch as a viewer, as they seemed to be confused about what to announce, how to announce it and when to announce it. Fox announced one team in one game, then went another 15 minutes with commercials before announcing another team in a different game. They seemed out of sync the entire 30 minutes.

What was enjoyable though, was the three hour BCS Bowl show from the College Game Day crew on ESPN Sunday evening. Another great reason to love sports on the West Coast. If I lived back on the East Coast, I would have definitely been in bed. Instead, I was entertained by Corso, Fowler, Holtz, Howard, Herbstreit and even the Buckeye hater May. This group never disappoints. They are insightful, speak their minds and are fun to watch. They have great chemistry, which is a far cry from what the Selection Show on Fox had to offer.